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296 CORRESPONDENCE OF ^832
We shall all be happy to see you again.
Your friend and servt
Peter Augustus Jay.
James Fenimore Cooper, Esq., Paris.
FROM S. F. B. MORSE
Havre, Oct. 2d, 1832
My dear Sir,
I have but a moment to write you one line as in a few
hours I shall be under weigh for dear America. I arrived from England by the way of Southampton a day or two since and have had every moment till now occupied in preparations for embarking. I recd yours from Vevay yesterday, and thank you for it. Yes, Mr. Rives and fam- ily, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. Palmer and family, and a full cabin beside accompany me. What shall I do with such an anti-statistical set^ I wish you were of the party, to shut their mouths on some points. I shall have good opportunity to talk with Mr. Rives, whom I like notwithstanding; I think he has good American feeling in the main, and means well, although I cannot account for his permitting you to suffer in the Chambers (and the General). I will find out that if I can. My journey to England, change of scene, and air, have restored me won- derfully. I knew they would. I like John's country, it is a garden and appears beautifully in contrast with France, and John's people have excellent qualities, and he has many good people, but I hate his aristocratic system, and am more confirmed in my views than ever of its oppres- sive and unjust character. I saw a great deal of Leslie, He is the same good fellow that he ever was. Be tender of him, my dear Sir, I could mention some things which |
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